Cold water plants

[John Bachman]

We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
are moving about regularly.

With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
is so cold?

TIA

John

[Happy'Cam'per]

Anacharis aka water weed aka egeria densa.

--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**



"John Bachman" > wrote in message
...
> We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
> day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
> are moving about regularly.
>
> With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
> there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
> is so cold?
>
> TIA
>
> John
>
>

[Happy'Cam'per]

Anacharis aka water weed aka egeria densa.

--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**



"John Bachman" > wrote in message
...
> We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
> day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
> are moving about regularly.
>
> With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
> there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
> is so cold?
>
> TIA
>
> John
>
>

[Bonnie]

John Bachman wrote:
> We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
> day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
> are moving about regularly.
>
> With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
> there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
> is so cold?
>
> TIA
>
> John
>
>

Two very good cold water plants are water cress and water
celery. My pond still had a thin layer of ice recently and
the water celery was already starting to green. This plant
will take over the world if allowed though, so be warned!

--
Bonnie
NJ

[Bonnie]

John Bachman wrote:
> We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
> day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
> are moving about regularly.
>
> With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
> there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
> is so cold?
>
> TIA
>
> John
>
>

Two very good cold water plants are water cress and water
celery. My pond still had a thin layer of ice recently and
the water celery was already starting to green. This plant
will take over the world if allowed though, so be warned!

--
Bonnie
NJ

[[email protected]]

string algae is what is in all the natural streams at this stage.
what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates?
I use a bucket filter over winter, and in a couple weeks will get my veggie filter
and the UV going. my water lilies are putting up new leaves... altho they never did
actually die back under the plastic. Ingrid

John Bachman > wrote:

>We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
>day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
>are moving about regularly.
>
>With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
>there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
>is so cold?
>
>TIA
>
>John
>



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[[email protected]]

string algae is what is in all the natural streams at this stage.
what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates?
I use a bucket filter over winter, and in a couple weeks will get my veggie filter
and the UV going. my water lilies are putting up new leaves... altho they never did
actually die back under the plastic. Ingrid

John Bachman > wrote:

>We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
>day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
>are moving about regularly.
>
>With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
>there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
>is so cold?
>
>TIA
>
>John
>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Hal]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:41:48 -0500, John Bachman
> wrote:

>We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
>day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
>are moving about regularly.
>
>With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
>there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
>is so cold?

Canna lilies and cattails begin to grow in water temperature of about
40 degrees and parrot feather grows better for me in winter, Middle
Georgia Zone 8, but I'm sorry to say that may not help, since I have a
great crop of parrot feather and some string algae too. I don't
really know how to help, but I would like to recommend this article on
Green Water by Norm Meck of the San Diego Koi Club:
http://www.koiclubsandiego.org/GRENH2O.html

Regards,

Hal

[Hal]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:41:48 -0500, John Bachman
> wrote:

>We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
>day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
>are moving about regularly.
>
>With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
>there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
>is so cold?

Canna lilies and cattails begin to grow in water temperature of about
40 degrees and parrot feather grows better for me in winter, Middle
Georgia Zone 8, but I'm sorry to say that may not help, since I have a
great crop of parrot feather and some string algae too. I don't
really know how to help, but I would like to recommend this article on
Green Water by Norm Meck of the San Diego Koi Club:
http://www.koiclubsandiego.org/GRENH2O.html

Regards,

Hal

[jammer]

anacharis, water fern, creeping primrose, and parrot feather all grow
like mad in the winter cold.





On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:41:48 -0500, John Bachman
> wrote:

>We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
>day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
>are moving about regularly.
>
>With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
>there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
>is so cold?
>
>TIA
>
>John
>

[jammer]

anacharis, water fern, creeping primrose, and parrot feather all grow
like mad in the winter cold.





On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 06:41:48 -0500, John Bachman
> wrote:

>We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
>day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the fish
>are moving about regularly.
>
>With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
>there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the water
>is so cold?
>
>TIA
>
>John
>

[jammer]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:18:57 GMT, Bonnie >
wrote:

>John Bachman wrote:
>> We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
>> day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the
fish
>> are moving about regularly.
>>
>> With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
>> there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the
water
>> is so cold?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>
>Two very good cold water plants are water cress and water
>celery. My pond still had a thin layer of ice recently and
>the water celery was already starting to green. This plant
>will take over the world if allowed though, so be warned!


And yet i cant get it to grow in my pond...

[jammer]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:18:57 GMT, Bonnie >
wrote:

>John Bachman wrote:
>> We are in zone 5. My pond is up and running but gets uglier every
>> day. Algae is building. The water temperature is 50 F and the
fish
>> are moving about regularly.
>>
>> With no plants there seems to be no hope of controlling algae. Are
>> there any plants that will grow and remove nutrients while the
water
>> is so cold?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>
>Two very good cold water plants are water cress and water
>celery. My pond still had a thin layer of ice recently and
>the water celery was already starting to green. This plant
>will take over the world if allowed though, so be warned!


And yet i cant get it to grow in my pond...